Alison Clarke, DO, is a board-certified family medicine physician whose interests include health coaching and chronic disease management and education. Dr. Clarke earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from A.T. Still University, School of Osteopathic Medicine in Mesa, Arizona. She completed a Residency in Family Medicine at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, California followed by a Fellowship in Palliative and Hospice Care at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She believes in empowering her patients through educating them about their care and treatment. Dr. Clarke is a native of Louisiana. Medicine is her second career, spending more than a decade working in retail and publishing before going back to school. Away from work Dr. Clarke enjoys spending family time with her husband, daughter, two cats and two chickens. She also likes doing crafts for the home and being outdoors.